LEGAL THEORY WORKSHOP SERIES 2009 - 2010

presents

Wil Waluchow
Senator William McMaster Chair in Constitutional Studies
McMaster University
Department of Philosophy

On the Neutrality of Charter Reasoning

Friday, February 26, 2010
12:30 - 2:00
Solarium (room FA2), Falconer Hall
84 Queen's Park

Wil Waluchow is a Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His research interests lie in two main areas of the philosophy of law: general theories about the nature of law and the philosophy of constitutional law. He has authored articles on these first topic for, among others, The Philosophical Quarterly, The Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Law and Philosophy, Dialogue and The Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence. His book, Inclusive Legal Positivism (Oxford 1994), argues for a theory of law which sees moral conditions on validity as conceptually possible but not necessary in legal systems. His forthcoming book, A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review: The Living Tree (Cambridge 2006) argues for a common law conception of charters or bills of rights and in favour of associated practices of judicial review. Before coming to McMaster University, Waluchow taught at The University of Western Ontario and The University of Alberta. He holds a BA and MA from The University of Western Ontario and a D. Phil from Oxford, where he was supervised by H. L. A. Hart.

For more workshop information, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca.